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  • Title: Salt-stable complexes of the Escherichia coli RecBCD enzyme bound to double-stranded DNA.
    Author: Gabbidon MR, Rampersaud VE, Julin DA.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 1998 Feb 15; 350(2):266-72. PubMed ID: 9473301.
    Abstract:
    We have examined binding of the RecBCD enzyme to linear double-stranded DNA under two types of conditions. Binding in the absence of ATP can be measured by a nitrocellulose filter binding assay or by gel retardation on polyacrylamide gels. The binding is tightest to ends with four-nucleotide single-stranded 3'-termini (3'-overhang > 5'-overhang > blunt ends). The Kd for blunt ends is 3. 0 (+/-0.5) nM, in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 10 mM MgCl2. The binding is weakened in the presence of NaCl, with none detected at 0.5 M NaCl. Binding in the presence of ATP and low MgCl2 concentrations ("unwinding conditions") can be measured by the filter assay and on agarose gels. Enzyme-DNA complexes allowed to form under unwinding conditions are not affected by 0.5 M NaCl. ATP hydrolysis continues and the complexes dissociate at a rate similar to those to which no salt is added. These enzyme-DNA complexes can be trapped with EDTA, and they are unaffected for at least 1 h by 0.5 M NaCl or heparin. The results show that the enzyme-DNA interactions are different when the enzyme is bound to partially unwound DNA compared to when it is bound to the ends of fully duplex DNA.
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